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    Legal Advice [OH] Closed on our house Thursday. Basement flooded ankle-deep Saturday. At a loss for what to do.

    August 03, 2020

    Legal Advice [OH] Closed on our house Thursday. Basement flooded ankle-deep Saturday. At a loss for what to do.

    [OH] Closed on our house Thursday. Basement flooded ankle-deep Saturday. At a loss for what to do.

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 06:26 AM PDT

    Hello everyone, and thank you. I'm really just looking for advice on what steps to take next, and what type of lawyer to turn to.

    My wife and I closed on our first house last Thursday. We were moving stuff in all weekend, and Saturday we got a pretty good rain and the basement flooded up to our ankles on the one side of the basement. Short video here.

    The sellers' property disclosure form did not list basement flooding. The only defect they listed was "leaky chimney", which should have been resolved by the new roof (sheathing and shingles) they had put on back in June.

    My real estate agent did some digging, and the sellers had this house listed twice, under two different agencies/agents. They let real estate agent #1 know that there was a water issue in the basement, but did NOT let their final agency (who we bought it through) know of the issue.

    Real Estate Agent #1 told our agent that she was willing to testify in court to this, and it seems like a slam dunk case.

    What do you guys think? Slam dunk or no?

    Also, what type of lawyer would be best to turn to in this case? We're pretty young and never even thought we would be suing someone, but here we are.

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    I moved out more than 6 weeks ago. Landlord has not returned security deposit, list of deductions, or responded to demand for return of deposit letter. Should I take this to small claims? What amount should I sue for? Rental is in Albuquerque, NM and landlord lives in California

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 07:27 AM PDT

    This is a shared house but the rooms are independently rented. Lease became month-to-month in February.

    -Timeline-

    Sent 30 day notice of my leaving May 20th. Moved out June 20th.

    Sent text asking about deposit July 5th. Landlord responded July 6th telling me he's on vacation but that I left it "really bad" so there would be a cleaning fee. -> (He lives in California and I've never met him, so either he asked current tenants, sent the maintenance guy to check, or was just giving a rote response)

    I responded saying I swept, vacuumed, and scrubbed my spaces, and that I have before pictures from when I moved in. No response.

    Sent email with demand for return of rent pdf document attached July 25th.

    As of August 3rd no response. In this letter I cited § 47-8-18, stating that he has waived his right to withhold funds from the deposit as no return of security deposit or list of itemized deductions was sent within the 30 days required by the state of NM.

    Questions: 1. Should I email him to ask him to respond by August 5th or I'll take further action, or should I just take this directly to small claims court?

    1. If I take this to small claims court, what amount do I sue for?

    Edit 1: fixed typo and error in dates listed

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    Landlady accuses me of getting blood on roommates towel causing him to leave. She gave me a 3 days notice to vacate without refunding me my deposit/august rent or any compensation for breaking the contract. I told her there's no proof it was me, and that I'm not leaving without my money.

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 10:32 AM PDT

    I'm in Colorado reading my contract now and while it does state cleanliness and safety must be followed, like I said there's no proof I did anything, and not giving me my money back is beyond unreasonable. Is there anything else I can do?

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    [OH/UK] Sexual assaulter is suing me for libel - how should I respond?

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 09:51 AM PDT

    I just want to state from the beginning - I'm not lying. It happened to me. I came out publicly two years ago, and then again last year, and he has now sent me pre-proceeding papers for a libel defamation suit. I'm a US citizen, he's a UK citizen.

    So I have legal counsel currently, but I'm doing a hefty amount of research on my end as well, and I'm curious if I should bother responding to him at all. UK libel law, to my limited understanding, claims must begin within one year after the first date of publication, meaning he's now technically over a year late, but for now that's an aside. I'm aware judgments from foreign countries can be enforced in the US through an additional process, but from extensive reading about the SPEECH Act and other international libel cases, it seems not only difficult and costly just to attempt, but very unlikely to result in a success for the claimant.

    I certainly have the capacity to go forward with the counterletter, and potentially even a full trial if he decides to go that route...but is it a crazy option to simply ignore it and just let him sue me and save me the anxiety and time and money, assuming I never return to the UK, and just fight that battle if he ever decides to try and get an enforcement in the US?

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    Dads not doing well

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 05:34 AM PDT

    Location: Ohio

    Quick question...i flew home to see my dad who has tested positive for corona virus and has bilateral pneumonia and is in the hospital now for 3 nights. They won't let me in to be with him and he's all alone...here's the cavat: He doesnt speak a link of English outside of 2 or 3 words. He's 78 and he's scared and alone in there. Ive talked to them many times and they escalated it to the VP of nursing at the hospital and still won't let me in. I tested positive a month ago and have antibodies and explained that to them. I understand trying to stop the spread but considering this man has no idea whats going on or what he's agreeing to this has to be illegal for them to not allow me in. He has a romanian doctor who comes in and out to try to explain things but he comes from former Yugoslavia and when i talked to him on the phone he said he only understands a little of what she's saying/asking. Im not looking to sue just looking to be with my dad during this time. Im willing to sign any waivers I have to...im willing to stay in his room until he leaves so I don't walk around exposing hospital personnel...im willing and they know all this. Lastly, one of my brothers is his POA and they are calling him every now and then to discuss things (we are all close) and he is giving them advice as he's in the medical field as well. But its not enough, daily, hourly this man is confused as to what they are doing. It would be much better if I could help both sides and translate and just be there. I flew back for that purpose since I was positve and have antibodies.

    Any advice or help is appreciated. Thank you

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    (MA) I had my land surveyed by a licensed surveyor with pins put at each corner. My neighbor put a property stake on my property is that trespassing?

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 07:50 AM PDT

    tdlr;

    Went on a weeks vacation and there is a wooden stake next to the iron pin the surveyor put down but the stake is on our property. I'm done with this bs I want action, the stake was installed by them and not a contractor, per my video footage (front yard), is this trespassing or encroachment? Do I get a court ordered cease and desist ( already had a lawyer cease and desist ) or a 258E ( restraining order) or both?

    The story:

    Neighbor and I have not got along and they like to play games with the property line. I'm not the only one the neighbor behind them are moving after 2years because of them, have the text.

    They put up a fence 6 to 7 foot tall fence 4 feet on their property at the widest and 6 inches at the narrowest, no survey, no town record. They used that 4 feet to put up signs, ropes, spray paint, walk the area up and down while swearing at us during a family party (mid day), and other times. I tried talking to them but ended with cops because he threatened to "pound me in the ground" and admitted it to the cops and was noted in the police report.

    Had a lawyer ( young guy ) write a letter of cease and desist which worked for about 6 months. Asked the lawyer about a restraining order and he said we still did not have enough evidence but contacted us 6 months later cause the owner of the firm reviewed it ( been doing business for 12+ years with them ) and wanted to move forward. We declined cause obliviously the original lawyer did not have our best interests. We also new we would be putting up the fence so hopefully that would work.

    In the mean time, we spent $1200 on a licensed surveyor to have it done properly. Then had our own fence installed and because the neighbors fence being 4feet from the property line the installer advised not putting it on the line (allowed in our town) but 6 inches on our property. Now we have what I call no mans land, over grown weeds and such. Went on a weeks vacation and there is a wooden stake next to the iron pin the surveyor put down but the stake is on our property. I'm done with this bs I want action, the stake was installed by them and not a contractor, per my video footage (front yard), is this trespassing or encroachment? Do I get a court ordered cease and desist or a 258E ( restraining order) or both? There is more to this as he works for the town in a voluntary status and has befriended some politicians and police. One politician i called the state ethics commission and filed a report he did not run again in 2019. One cop i filed a report but it went no where, supposedly taken care of internally, have emails from the chief.

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    Neighbor is exposing himself to my daughter (14) on his own property?

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 12:42 PM PDT

    Hi guys. I'm using a throwaway because I have some personal stuff on my own account and my daughter is so traumatized by this I don't want her to find out I've been asking the public for advice about it. But please, any help would be so appreciated. For reference, we live in CA in the US.

    I'm a single dad to 5 kids, my youngest is 14f. She is an active kid and since we live in a quiet area I have no problem letting her bike/run/rollerblade around the neighborhood. Most of our neighbors are families with youngish kids, the only exception is the newish guy directly across the street (maybe mid 50's, moved in in January, but due to covid he feels much newer). Now, this is not a "luxury" neighborhood: the houses are really close together and mostly 50's ranches or split-levels. So everything you do quickly becomes your neighbors' business. But hey, all my neighbors are nice, responsible people, so I've never had problems.

    Until 3 months ago. My daughter hasn't been able to be as active as she normally would during the summer due to the lockdown, so she eagerly takes on all outside chores. She really loves (or maybe "loved" past tense is more appropriate) to water the planters out near the sidewalk. Very shortly after she went out to do that one morning in may she came back in completely white and breathing fast. She said that our neighbor was standing right in front the first-floor picture window, completely naked and looking right at her. She was horrified and obviously I was both curious and mad. So I took a shy look out our front door and sure enough he's still standing there, genitals completely and easily visible, staring at our house. I called the cops (via the non-emergency number, of course).

    I know, looking back that was probably an over-reaction. But if this happened to your kid you'd be mad as hell too. I expected the police to give him a warning or something after they spoke to my daughter but no. Apparently they can't do anything to him unless he calls my daughter's attention to his genitals or makes it clear in some other way that he wants her to look at him for his own sexual gratification? The cops were nice to my daughter about it, so I had a talk with her about how men can be gross sometimes but that's not her fault and I was content to leave it there.

    But here is where I'm starting to go real crazy. I've never seen this dude naked apart from that one peak through my screen door. But my poor daughter has seen him multiple times, like 8 times in the last 3 months. Mind, I don't frequently look at his house (cause why would I?) but neither does (did?) my daughter. It just really seems to me like he only strips off when he sees her outside. One time last week she came back in crying after she went out to grab the newspaper because this damn man came out onto his front porch, naked as the day he was born, the minute she got to the curb. This means that he had his naked body right in her line of sight.

    This morning when I was chatting with my neighbor (at the appropriate social distance) who lives on the right hand side of this weirdo's house, he tentatively asked me about how my daughter was getting on with the new neighbor. I took that as an opportunity to let loose and I'm glad I did. He says that his wife and his 12-year-old girl have had basically the same experiences. Every time the women of his house go out into the backyard this weirdo comes out to sunbathe nude. When he goes out himself, the naked neighbor is mysteriously absent. Again, these houses are close together and there are no fences, so if he walks out into his yard naked these girls are basically forced to see him.

    The end result of this, for both our families, is that our daughters and his wife now almost refuse to go outside. My daughter won't even walk from our front door to the car. She will only get into the car in the garage and then cover her eyes until we're to the end of the block. For a kid who used to be all about outdoor sports, this is a huge change. And dammit I'm mad.

    I'm sorry if this is a repeat post, but I searched the sub and I couldn't find a similar post that really got at my main question here: does the repetitive nature of all this, plus the fact he only ever chooses to be naked in front of women, constitute sexual intent for the cops? Like I get why exposing yourself once or twice isn't illegal (might be accidental, etc.) but do these circumstances mean I can report this as a sex crime?

    TL;DR: Newish neighbor frequently walks around naked on his own property, but only when women are outside. Does this constitute a sex crime?

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    Wife (nusre) exposed to TB due to negligent procedural lapse. Looking for advice on how to proceed.

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 10:08 AM PDT

    Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to give this a skim and provide advice on next steps!

    So the backstory is this... my wife was working as a nurse at a small rural hospital while I was in school, and had a patient come in for tuberculosis (TB) tests. The doctor did not provide the nurses or staff the appropriate heads up through documentation, etc. that a patient with a potential case of TB was coming in for tests. To provide context, active TB is contagious enough that a patient suspected of having it would not be allowed amongst the general waiting room, would be placed in a positive pressure room with strict air turnover requirements, and medical professionals would wear N95 masks and other protective gear to prevent the spread. Instead of documenting this patient as a potential carrier of TB, and giving the nurses and staff appropriate warning, the doctor "forgot" to tell anyone. The patient waited in the general waiting room, was admitted and treated by my wife and other nurses, and only once the patient was supposed to go in for the procedure did the doctor communicate to everyone that they needed to gear up with proper PPE. My wife had been tested annually for TB (among other things) as part of her necessary ongoing procedures for her job, and had never tested positive before. This rural hospital was very "lax" in their procedures and record keeping, and while my wife knows the news of this incident reached her supervisor and the hospital admin, she questions if the proper documentation was recorded in an incident report.

    Fast forward to now. We have moved into a larger city, and my wife has been searching for a new job. She had found one, and has been hung up in medical clearance because, surprise, she tested positive for latent TB in her blood. Now we think with 6-9 months of medication she should be able to get rid of the disease/infection. We don't know what this is going to cost us out of pocket (we have insurance coverage), and heaven forbid something happens and the TB progresses to being active, this could turn into something that is potentially life altering to my wife's health, along with potential pro-longed and intensive medical treatment. She is also hung up in her job search, waiting for confirmation on her TB being "latent". If it is "latent" she could potentially take a job in a hospital still, but runs the risk of exposure to another TB carrying patient jumpstarting the latent TB in her system which could then result in it becoming active.

    I think we need to talk to a lawyer while my wife isn't so sure. She hasn't told anyone at the hospital about this yet, but there's a good chance other people on the staff were exposed. We also don't have any surefire proof this was the exact time/place she contracted TB, although all signs would point to it. We haven't traveled or done anything in the past year that would have put her at risk for TB exposure. If the incident wasn't documented/documented properly, there may not be records of this at the hospital. What is our best course of action?

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    Breeder making up fees not stipulated in contract

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 06:40 AM PDT

    Location Canada, Ontario.

    We hit financial hardships due to COVID and decided it would be best to return our pup to the breeder. He deserves a home that can afford to keep him.

    When I reached out to the breeder to talk about this and arrange for her to take him back she said she's going to charge me $30 a day until he finds a home. Says training, food, etc is a cost to her in taking a dog back. No where in the contract does it say that there's a fee for returning a dog. I did not ask for my deposit back or a refund for the pup. We just want him in a good home.

    The contact says if for any reason we can't take care of the dog he is to be returned to the breeder or we have to find a home for him and she has first right of refusal. We don't have friends and with her contacts and wait list for her pups I'm certain she is his best bet. When I told her there's no mention of fees in her contract she says "well my lawyer said not to include that in the agreement".

    Can she impose fees that are not written in the contract we signed? Thank you for your time.

    Edited to add info: "if for any reason the buyer cannot keep the puppy at any given time of its life the puppy must be returned to the breeder, or notified so the breeder can help find the dog a suitable home. Breeder has first right of refusal."

    I'm unsure if first right of refusal is if we find a home for him, she can refuse said home?

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    Roommate is refusing to pay is part of the electricity bill, messed with my internet connection (I work from home), lied to me, is taking my parking, is harassing me, among other things. I want to move out but signed a lease for one year. What can I do?

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 11:08 AM PDT

    During the pandemic, my roommate went to live with his parents for 3 months, but I stayed in our apartment (Canada, Quebec). Our deal was to always pay 50/50 of the electricity and internet bill, even when we're not in our apartment. We've been roommates for 2 years and I always paid half of the bills, even though I go to my girlfriend's house from 2 to 3 days a week. But now, my roommate is refusing to pay half of the bills because he wasn't there (both bills are in my name). But during the pandemic, he told me he will pay half the electricity bill even if he's not there (I have proof with text messages) but now he changed his mind I don't know why. He harassed me with text messages trying to intimidate me, telling me what and what not to do at the apartment and giving me orders, even threatened me.

    When he came back to the apartment after the pandemic, he chose to have his own internet connection, which I'm okay with. But since we have only one coaxial outlet, he cut the coaxial cable which was going from my modem to the outlet, and put a splitter at the end of it to be able to plug 2 modems (his and mine). He did this without telling me and while I was not there. Since he did that, my internet connection is buggy and always crashing, and I need it to work because I work from home. He's refusing to do something about it, telling me it's not his problem, that is internet is fine and if mine is not, it's my problem.

    We also have one parking included in our lease, and since we have 2 cars, our deal was to switch every year, to determine who will park in our private parking. But he's taking the parking since we moved in 2 years ago and refused to let me have it. He's also refusing to let me go to the living room, claiming that the room is his. He said the living room and the parking should be his because he has the smaller bedroom (we never agreed to this and he never told me he wanted the bigger room 2 years ago; he is just telling me that now). I even offered him to switch bedrooms, and that if we do that, the parking would be mine. He refused and told me he preferred having the parking. He also said he will be charging me 5$/month to use his table in the kitchen. The kitchen is too small and there is not enough space for me to put another table if I wanted. I refuse to pay 5$/month so now I can't eat in the kitchen anymore. We also had a deal in which I buy the dish soap and the soap for the bathroom, and he buys the toilet paper. We did this for 2 years, but now he wants me to buy him a roll of toilet paper because my girlfriend comes sometimes to sleep with me and she's using his toilet paper.

    Our parents were involved and they talked to my roommate's parents and they agreed to pay the electricity bill, but the others things hadn't changed (including the internet connection). I'm tired to always argue with him and to live with him, and every night I don't sleep well because of this. What can I do?

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    [NY] [USA] Family friend who works at my doctor’s office shared my next appointment date with family member that is not authorized to receive information regarding my health - is it a violation?

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 09:59 AM PDT

    Everyone involved lives in NYS. Basically the title. I also have proof that she shared this information, but wasn't sure if it would fall under a HIPAA violation to report it.

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    [advice] Co-parenting and educational neglect during covid 19

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 07:23 AM PDT

    • edited to add I'm in Maine

    Would a court recognize lack of internet access as educational neglect during this time of remote learning?

    I have 2 boys ages 10 and 14, me and their dad have shared custody with a 50/50 living arrangement.

    Since the virus started I'm getting more and more concerned with them going there. Especially with isolation and lack of internet access. He works crazy long days, from before they wake up till 7:30 most nights. They have no interaction with other people while he's gone, except they're allowed to call me, their dad, and my mother.

    Remote learning this spring was really hard because they had to do everything the weeks they were at my house. And this fall it will probably be more intense. The teachers aren't going to be as lax about the deadlines as they were this spring.

    I've asked him to get them access and he says he doesn't trust them to be online when he's not home and flat out refuses to do it.

    There are many other issues there, possible emotional abuse, I'm just curious about this one. Is this a thing that will be recognized by the court? And what kind of consequences does it hold?

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    (IL) I am an hourly employee and my company has been making me do work off the clock.

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 10:17 AM PDT

    I am an hourly employee in Illinois. I work for a smaller company and this year has been difficult for them financially. Due to that it's been immensely stressful for me as I was working just over 20 hours from March-May and then I was promoted (but still was only getting 30 hours a week on the clock) I had to do scheduling and training off the clock, like a salaried manager. We have no HR department and I don't know how to proceed here due to fear of being terminated. This week I was scheduled by a higher up for 6 days so only 1 day off and I'm at 40 hours. Today is my only day off and I'm expected to create the new schedule today and not clock in for it.

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    Can a job legally rescind an accepted job offer because of fibromyalgia? (US MN)

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 10:16 AM PDT

    I was offered a job. After accepting the position I briefly mentioned my chronic pain/fibromyalgia and asked if it'd be possible to have a chair nearby to sit in for a moment if I needed to take a breather. I was supposed to start tomorrow. They called today and rescinded the job offer because of the condition and said the job might make it worse and they don't want to be liable. I don't know if they're allowed to not hire me solely based on my medical condition?

    EDIT: I was offered either the physical position or customer service based on my previous experience. I chose the more physical position because it was more interesting and was the job I interviewed for. I'm good at customer service but I dislike it.

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    Help! I was just served this morning over taxes to a property apparently owned by my grandmother

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 12:25 PM PDT

    I got served this morning for back taxes on a property in TX. It appears that it is in the name of my paternal grandmother, who I met once and who has been dead for 30 years. I am unaware that she ever owned the property, which is a million dollar home on 70 acres. She never had a dime and I don't believe she owned land - but who knows.

    The suit is for payment from tax years 2017, 18 and 19. She died in 1990.

    My brothers are also defendants.

    In reviewing the defendant list, it seems they are going after everyone. Some names I don't know, and then my father, who has been dead for 10 years, his estate, and then my brothers and myself.

    I have no legal interest in this property, I've never heard of this property. And if indeed the suit stems from my Grandmother's interest, she's dead - 30 years.

    I've never been through anything like this before. I'm not hiring a lawyer for this nonsense, unless I absolutely have to. Anyone have any ideas on how best to proceed?

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    Leasing office constantly making us sign changes for their mistake. Maryland

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 06:13 AM PDT

    To start, I know this is super petty but just wanted to see where things stand.

    Background: Have been living in a building for a while, wanted to move to a bigger place within the same building. They made this extraordinarily unnecessarily complicated and ending up charging us non-sense fees and overall left a bad taste in our mouths. But we did it. Since moving in the new place weve had the leasing office mail us and tell us they have been auditing our accounts and asking us to make little changes to the lease. Frankly this is because the leasing person is a little on the incompetant side and has made several errors.

    Situation: Because of all this, frankly I don't want to waste my time signing these stupid changes. The most recent is a fee for services, the building receives the bill from a contractor and we pay a fixed fee to them (small money a month). In our lease it says we need to pay $20, they probably initially said we would pay $30 for this (but isn't in the lease), and now they want us to sign and change to $30. They are currently charging us for the 30, and I just don't want to be bothered with this.

    Are we free to say, listen we both signed this lease you guys are going to have to have to pound sand on this? Would we lose our service (which is basically a community service, although i guess they could specifically ask the contractor to skip our unit... though frankly they aren't consistently doing it now).

    Thanks (and I know its petty, but it feels nice to be petty sometimes)

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    My dad and aunt have to pay for their land that they have no idea where it is

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 10:24 AM PDT

    Hi reddit. It's my first post here. Now please excuse my English, it's not my first language. If i made spelling mistakes, don't hesitate to correct me. +I'm on mobile

    Hello everyone. I need some urgent help. Me and my dad are going on vacation to a salt mine this August in order to help me with my asthma and with my dad's lung problems. (We live in Romania where the virus is not as bad)

    The thing is, there are some relatives from my father's side in that place. I never met them, but my father had to deal with them in situations that weren't pleasant. My grandfather, my dad's dad, owned some land in that place (approximately 2,7 hectares of pasture and 3 of forest).

    Since my grandfather died, the land became my dads and his sister. My dad and my aunt once went there to find out approximately how much land we have, but no one knew where this place is. Which, in my opinion, is odd because my aunt and dad have to pay annually for this land that we have no idea where is. The lawyers from there won't help, neither the judge, nor anyone. My dad was sent to the nearest city to get some papers and they sent him back saying that it should be in the location he came from. They been using that land since my grandfather died and we have to pay for it, which is so frustrating.

    I'm asking for help since this could be an opportunity for us to sort things out. I know that this type of things can't be done by just clapping but I really want to know if there is anything we can do. Thank you.

    P.S. We are Hungarians if it helps. Those people are, of course, Hungarians as well.

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    Texas: I just received an unconditional notice to vacate after being late on my rent 1 day. I want to move but am I responsible for the remaining 11 months rent on my lease?

    Posted: 02 Aug 2020 08:34 PM PDT

    My rent was due yesterday, the 1st of August. I should've paid it then but I was occupied with other things and had every intention to pay it today on the 2nd. I sometimes get paid on the 2nd of the month instead of the 1st of the month so I had previously called my leasing office and asked if it was okay to pay on the 2nd and was told that there was a 3 day grace period. I am now asked to leave by September 1st. I absolutely do intend on moving by the end of that period due to better living opportunities in the area and places with better management than what I've dealt with here. I already paid the rent sum today. If I call them I have the feeling that they will rescind the notice, but since they initiated the vacate notice I'm thinking its an opportunity to get out of having to live here for 11 more months. Will I be responsible for paying rent until they find another tenant though? Any advice is appreciated!! I don't want to live here anymore especially after receiving a notice for being 1 day late! I just don't think its justified even though its legal here.

    Edit: Copy of notice: https://ibb.co/CJkhYVK Identifiers were redacted^

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    My landlady eavesdropped on and possibly recorded my telehealth therapy session

    Posted: 02 Aug 2020 05:50 PM PDT

    I'm in Maryland. I'm sorry for any formatting errors, I'm extremely upset and on mobile.

    I live in a house with three floors that has different rooms rented out to different tenants. My landlady lives in the studio apartment on the third floor and I live on the second floor. Due to extreme anxiety partially caused by my landlady, I recently scheduled a telehealth appointment for therapy. My intake appointment was yesterday. My therapist and I clicked and I began to tell him about some of issues, including specific incidents involving my landlady that were causing me a lot of distress.

    I was sitting at the dining room table on my laptop, which is about seven feet from the door to the apartment, earbuds in. Near the end of the appointment, I happened to glance over at the door and noticed the shadows of her shoes through the crack between the door and the floor. My heart sunk and I quickly yanked out my headphones while saying goodbye to the doctor and heard the sound a smartphone video camera makes when it stops recording from the other side of the door. Then I saw and heard her quickly walk away from my door.

    Earlier this afternoon, my mother in law called to let me know that my landlady called her and launched into a huge tirade about how disrespectful I was and how I was lying about her to other people. She didn't mention recording it but I'm 85% sure she did. What do I do?

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    Auto Loan disappears online from cosigner filing CH7 3 years ago

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 08:16 AM PDT

    Location: Pennsylvania

    To keep it short I had an auto loan with Huntington bank where one of my parents cosigned. They ended up filing CH7 bankruptcy which went through and discharged around Dec 2017. I continued to make payments on my auto loan and recently went to look at my auto loan in their online portal and it disappeared now that they updated their website. Called and they said that since my account is labeled as bankruptcy from cosigner they were supposed to remove it by law during then to show that I am voluntarily making these payment but didn't 3 years ago until now.

    I find it off reason being on my parents account the one that filed bankruptcy they still can view their mortgage online, but have to send a check or mail or bank transfer payment. Along with I feel they messed up then with giving me access to the online account for 3 years and find it odd now that I am a couple hundred away to pay off the loan they decide to just remove the online access feels sketchy.

    I sent a voicemail to the Bankruptcy Attorney I paid to represent my parents 3 years ago and see if this is normal procedure, but wanted to ask here too if this is usually the case of removing account after bankruptcy. Thanks!

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    Godson paid 20k for a car that he bought from his Aunt. The aunt is with holding the money and car after kicking him out.

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 01:23 PM PDT

    My godson (18) moved out of a bad living situation in NC to get away from his mother in June. He did this with the help of his aunt and my wife and I. He moved in temporarily to his aunts basement and it has been very rocky for them.

    Two days ago my godson paid his aunt 20k for a Mustang (he has a trust). As soon as the check cleared she kicked him out (without even time to gather clothes or his things) and dropped him off at a hotel. Aunt has told godson he can't have mustang and has not returned the money either.

    Steps we've taken: We have called the bank to cancel the check and are waiting back from the fraud department. We have sent one final text to his aunt in an attempt to get either the money or the car.

    Where do we go from Is there anything else we should or can do? Wrongful eviction? Theft? Police report?

    Thanks for any and all input

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    Oregon Landlord/Apt. Corp. sent my COVID-19 impacted Rent to Collections (legal gray area as of 08/03)

    Posted: 03 Aug 2020 01:18 PM PDT

    I'm broke (not by my doing) and my Oregon Apartment Management sent my COVID-19 rent to Collections despite 1. them explicitly stating in emails that my unpaid rent is protected under the 6-month after State of Emergency is declared to have ended grace period with no late fees and that I'd be protected even when I break my lease (before I broke my lease).

    and 2. I never would have broke my lease had they not said I was to still be protected with that payment grace period.

    Apparently the most recent Oregon Renter's Rights under COVID-19 Laws/Bills/Ordinances don't necessarily state that "lease-breakers" are protected but also don't necessarily state that we are at fault either, and ofc if I just "gave up my home" I am wondering why tf I'd have to pay my COVID-19 deferred rent even sooner?

    Apartment management dodged my calls/emails to discuss this Collections filing with them until I mentioned that I may need to file a lawsuit if I am receiving NO response. They said I was only allowed to speak to their legal team (wow thanks I'm 1 person v. a legal team) and/or the Collections Agency. The Collections Agency told me they aren't allowed to talk to me, I'd have to talk to the Apartment Management.

    I have 100% direct, thorough email conversations requesting confirmation on my COVID-19 rent deferral timeline rights BEFORE I broke my lease that they indeed CONFIRMED through email. I don't have money to shop around for a lawyer which is basically just paying money so that I can pay other money that I already knew I was supposed to pay.... Oh, and that if it doesn't rule in my favor I'm also supposed to be paying the money the Apartment Management "had to" use to protect themselves in this legal dispute. Yo Dawg.

    I don't have my own home, I was laid-off back in March 2020, Unemployment has still yet to give me $1. I just got a new job thankfully but a Collections Notice can garnish my wages AND stop me from even applying for a new home.

    One after the other.... Even if I just fell through the cracks of legal semantics minutae, this is totally inethical and I have all the proof of me requesting them to CONFIRM everything before I made any large decision.

    Please don't tell me "herpderp you gave up your home you gave up your tenant's rights" because I have already heard that before and wow, just put yourself in those shoes for a second.

    I think that this may take some time to sort through, but I am stressed tf out knowing that I'm going to be returning to my labor job tomorrow just to let this Apartment Management garnish my pay.

    Please help if you have any insight. Thank you.

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